Funnel.



B. RAKOTTYAY.

FUNNEL. APPLICATION IILBD AUG. 26, 1913.

1,094,098, Patented Apr. 21, 191 i WITNESSE f INVE/VTQR coLl/MBIA PLANDGRAPN 60., WASHINGTON. u. c.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

BELA RAKOTTYAY, OE JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

FUNNEL.

To alt whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BELA RAKOTTYAY, a subject of the King ofI-lungary, and resident of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Funnels, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in funnels.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a funnel from which the liquid contents are automatically discharged when its spout is inserted in the vessel into which the liquid is to be conducted.

Another object of the invention is to construct a simple and inexpensive implement of this type which can be manufactured on a commercial scale, or in other words one which is not so difficult to produce as to be beyond the reasonable cost of such an article.

Vith these and other objects in view,

which will more fully appear as the natureof the invention is better understood, the same consists in the combination, arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter fully described, pointed out in the appended claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that many changes may be made in the size and proportion of the several parts and details of construction within the scope of the appended claim without departing fro-m the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

One of the many possible embodiments of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a central sectional view show ing the funnel in closed position; Fig. 2 is a similar View of a portion of the same representing the funnel as open; Fig. 3 is a plan view of the device, certain parts being removed; and Fig. 4: is a section taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

In the drawings, the numeral 10 indicates the body of the funnel, having a handle 11, and being provided with a conical spout 12 at its bottom, through which the liquid may be discharged into a vessel. The mouth of the body portion of the funnel may, if desired, be closed by a strainer 13, for instance a wire fabric, that is fastened to a frame 14:, which is detachably held upon the funnel. For holding the strainer in position upon said funnel, the latter is provided with an in- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. August 26, 1913.

Patented Apr. 21, 1914.

Serial No. 786,692.

wardly projecting flange 15, having recesses 16 upon diametrically opposite points thereof, through which hook-shaped downwardly extending projections 17 upon the strainer are adapted to be inserted and to be engaged with the underface of said flange, when a turn is given to said strainer. A gage 18, comprising a tube made of glass or other transparent material, is attached to and communicates through an aperture 19 with the body portion of the funnel, the upper end of said tube being closed by a perforated cap 20. The height of the level of the liquid in the funnel can thus be easily ascertained.

In the bottom of the body portion of the vessel is formed a seat 21 for a conical weighted valve 22. To the under-face of this valve is attached a wire 23, extending, preferably, centrally into the spout of the funnel, its free end being provided with an eye 24:. This eye is in engagement with the eye 25 of a wire 26, that extends through the mouth of the funnel beyond the free end thereof, where it is bent upward substantially parallel to that portion of the same which is disposed within the spout. The upwardly extending portion of the wire 26 is attached to the outer face of a hollow conical body 27, which is open at both of its ends, incloses the spout 12, and is adapted to be freely shift-ed in the direction of the longitudinal axis of said spout. The outer end of the wire 26 is substantially hookshaped, as shown at 28, for a purpose hereinafter to be described.

The operation of this device is as follows: Vhen the operator removes the implement from its support and holds it in a substantially vertical position, the valve 22 oocupies, due to its weight, its seat. The funnel is then charged with liquid to be conducted to-a container, the gage 18, permitting of a convenient measuring of the liquid contents. If the liquid is to be discharged into a bottle, the conical body 27 is inserted into the neck thereof, whereby, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, said conical body is shifted upward, lifting thereby, by the intermediary of the wires 26 and 23, the valve. The liquid flows then through the spout 12 into the bottle. To stop the flow of the liquid through the spout, the conical body 27 is disengaged from the neck of the bottle, whereby the valve, aided by the weight of said conical body, moves to its seat and closes the spout. If the liquid is to be discharged into a container having a large mouth, the spout 12 is inserted into the container and the hook-shaped end 28 of the wire 26 brought into engagement with the wall of the container to shift the conical member 27 toward the body portion of the funnel, the device acting then in the manner above described.

It is to be observed that the wire 26 serves a twofold purpose, that is to say, first, it transmits the motion of the conical body 27 to the valve 22, and, second, it forms a crescent-shaped space 29, as shown in Fig. etof the drawings, between the inner surface of the neck of a bottle and the outer face of said conical bodv. through which space the air from the bottle is adapted to escape when the latter is being filled.

The upper face of the valve 22 may be provided with recessesSO, to beengaged by a suitable tool for rotating the valve upon its seat in case the latter is-to be reground.

hat I claim is 2- i In a device of the character described, the combination with a funnel having a conical surface of said conical body preventing the latter from contacting throughout its circumference with the inner surface of a bottle neck when inserted thereinto, the upper end of the wire upon said conical body being hook-shaped and bent away from said conical body substantially as and for the purpose specified.

Signed at New York, in the county of .New York and State of New York, this 23rd day of August, A. D. 1913.

BELA RAKOTTYAY.

Vitnesses SIGMUND Hnnzoe, M. FRIEDLANDER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C. 

